diff --git a/make/defs.mk b/make/defs.mk
index c1471262..f9e8e5d1 100644
--- a/make/defs.mk
+++ b/make/defs.mk
@@ -721,6 +721,7 @@ endef
 
 proj_query  = $(shell python $(MOD_SCRIPT_DIR)/projects.py -p $(PROJECTS_DIR) -t $(TOPDIR) $(1))
 proj_dir    = $(call proj_query,proj-dir $(1))
+htdocs_dir  = $(call proj_query,htdocs-dir $(1))
 
 # ----- local.mk
 
diff --git a/scripts/projects.py b/scripts/projects.py
index ce451337..cb50b507 100644
--- a/scripts/projects.py
+++ b/scripts/projects.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
 import argparse
 from sets import Set
+from os.path import isdir
 from os.path import expanduser
 from os.path import basename
 from os.path import realpath
@@ -23,6 +24,15 @@ def debug(*objs):
 def proj_dir(name):
     return projs_root + '/' + name
 
+# TODO: add support for customizing this in project.conf
+def htdocs_dir(name):
+    pd = proj_dir(name)
+    for r in [ pd + "/tools/html/htdocs", pd + "/htdocs", "/srv/www/proj/" + name
+            ]:
+        if isdir(r):
+            return r
+    return None
+
 def strip_module_from_spec(mod):
     return re.sub(r'-devel$|-run$', '', re.split('([=><]+)', mod)[0].strip())
 
@@ -266,6 +276,15 @@ def cmd_proj_dir(args_):
         r.append(proj_dir(m))
     print(' '.join(r))
 
+def cmd_htdocs_dir(args_):
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='htdocs-dir')
+    parser.add_argument('module', nargs='*', help='Modules')
+    args=parser.parse_args(args_)
+    r = []
+    for m in args.module:
+        r.append(htdocs_dir(m))
+    print(' '.join(r))
+
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------- here we go
 
 global_args = []